while doing some research, I stumbled across this Hobart Estate Lumber photo in the UC Berkeley Fritz-Metcalf Collection:
Hobart Estate Wrecking Old Water Tank With Shay
Looks like they are using a cable attached from the locomotive to the water tank to pull it down.
Date given is 1921.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2020 10:40AM by Dave Peterson.